Fancy Farm no picnic for Senate candidates

Annual political event in Kentucky will test mettle

12:05 AM,
Aug. 1, 2013

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The heated political rhetoric at Fancy Farm this weekend should give voters a sense of how the 2014 U.S. Senate candidates stand up in a hostile environment.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, who's been in office for 30 years, is no stranger to the heckling and sharp barbs lobbed at politicians at the annual Fancy Farm Picnic outside Paducah in western Kentucky.

His Democratic challenger, Alison Lundergan Grimes, spoke at the picnic in 2011 during her race for secretary of state. GOP challenger Matt Bevin will also speak at the event, and many in Northern Kentucky said they are interested in seeing how the ...